International Arbitration

As lawyers specialized in international arbitration in Romania, Oglinda&Partner’s team has participated in the most complex and innovative cases from the last 20 years, that shaped the arbitration into becoming the most efficient method of solving commercial litigations in Romania.

Oglinda&Partners’ lawyers have contributed at the birth of Romanian modern arbitration being involved in drafting the Rules of Arbitration of Bucharest Court of Arbitration and promoted the introduction in Romanian Arbitration Rules of new and modern institutions like Emergency Arbitrator, Simplified Procedure, interim measures, party appointed experts or the participation of third parties in arbitral proceedings.

Moreover, our lawyers counselled the Romanian Government to enact the law that introduced mandatory arbitration clause into the Romanian Public Procurement Contracts regarding Construction and Public Works. 

International Arbitration

International arbitration is
our law firm trademark

Our lawyers specialized in Romanian arbitration coordinated the first Emergency Arbitrator procedure in Romania and in the last 20 years they were involved as lawyers or arbitrators in more than 300 arbitration cases in front of Romanian and foreign arbitral institutions like ICC, VIAC, LCIA, SCC, SHAC or Eastern Europe Courts of Arbitration, covering a wide range of sectors and industries such as energy, environment, construction in public and private sector, banking and finance, waste and water, EPC contracts, pharmaceutical, ITech Law, transportation and maritime law, etc. 

Therefore, international arbitration is our law firm trademark. 

  • Representing a leading Romanian construction company in an international arbitration regarding a FIDIC road infrastructure contract;
  • Representing a multinational company in an international commercial arbitration proceeding resulting from a public procurement contract of railway infrastructure works;
  • Representation in a domestic litigation for recovery of additional costs incurred by a foreign entrepreneur in connection with additional environmental works during the performance of a public procurement contract;
  • Representing one of the largest Romanian companies with activity in construction-assembly field, in an international commercial arbitration proceeding from an investment project financed by the World Bank;
  • Representation of a multinational company whose main activity was design and execution of construction works, in a complex commercial arbitral procedure resulted from a public procurement contract concluded with CNAIR SA, obtaining the extension of time and additional costs, subject to a previous DAB decision;
  • Representing a multinational company in an international arbitration arisen from an EU funded contract for design and build of water and wastewater networks;
  • Represented one of the long-lasting Romanian companies specialised in water and wastewater sector in multiple arbitral proceedings between the members of a joint venture and also between the joint venture and the Employer;
  • Represented one of the main Romanian energy suppliers in an international arbitration, against a financial institution, arising out of a complex financial contract that included a leasing operation, a sale of goods contract, a factoring operation, various accessory insurance contracts, compliance with permits regulated under Romanian Environmental Law. Simultaneously, we also represented the client in 3 other litigations between the same parties: criminal investigation, insolvency and interim measures;
  • Represented a main grain producer in an international GAFTA arbitration in connexion with a 49 GAFTA standard form of contract against a Greek buyer and also against a Greek grain broker;
  • Represented multiple international companies in recognition and enforcement of foreign awards in Romania in front of courts of law and enforcement officer until the effective recover of the awarded amounts, including the establishment of precautionary measures to secure the foreign arbitral award until its enforcement;
  • Representattion in 6 arbitral proceedings in connection with EPC contracts, concluded under Romanian law, in front of ICC, VIAC and Bucharest Court of Arbitration;
  • Representing an important economic operator in the market of heating installations and constructions, in an international commercial arbitration conducted under the Rules of ICC Paris, between the subcontractor and the general contractor.

The use of experts in international arbitration, Eugen Sarbu and Ana-Maria Damian, https://rlw.juridice.ro/17537/the-use-of-experts-in-international-arbitration.html, 2020

Suspension of Work. Privilege or Obligation? Current Practices and New Provisions, Bazil Oglinda, Cristina Olariu, RSCL National Conference, Bucharest, 2018

Lack of Workforce- #1 Dispute Generator in Construction Projects?, Bazil Oglinda, Cristina Olariu, RSCL National Conference, Bucharest, 2018

Risky business; distribution of risk in contracts for international sales of goods, Bazil Oglinda, Cristina Olariu, Business Law in the 3rd Millennium Conference, Bucharest, 2016

Red Flag for contractors; Unusual Clauses in FIDIC Contract, Bazil Oglinda, Cristina Olariu, Perspectives of Construction Law RSCL International Conference, 2017

Intervention and Role of the Engineer in Dispute between the Contractor and the Employer, Bazil Oglinda, RSCL National Conference, Bucharest, 2017

Key criteria in appointment of arbitrators in international arbitration, Bazil Oglinda, Juridical Tribune Volume 5, Issue 2, 2015

Principle Of Progressive (Gradual) Use of Contractual Remedies, Bazil Oglinda, Juridical Tribune Volume 4, Issue 2, 2014

Modification of Clauses on the basis of The Contractual Conduct of the Parties. Application of Estoppel Doctrine, Bazil Oglinda, Perspectives of Business Law Journal, Volume 3, Issue 1, 2014

The jurisprudence. Formal law source, Bazil Oglinda, Juridical Tribune Volume 5, Issue 1, 2015

Contractual balance in the context of the post-economic crisis and the new Romanian civil code, Bazil Oglinda, Journal of Accounting and Management Information System, No. 4, 2014

The theory of imprevision in the context of the economic crisis and the new Romanian civil code (NCC), Bazil Oglinda, Perspectives of Business Law Journal, Volume 1, Issue 1, 2012

The doctrine of piercing the corporate veil, Bazil Oglinda, Proceedings of the 10th International Conference Accounting and Management Information, 2015

Specific aspects of the arbitration clause in terms of its potential unusual nature in the context of art. 1203 Romanian civil code, Bazil Oglinda, Proceedings of the 10th International Conference Accounting and Management Information, 2015

Legal liability for breaking off negotiations under Romanian law. Trends for uniformization in the European law and at the international level, Bazil Oglinda, Volume of International Conference Of Law, European Studies And International Relations, Titu Maiorescu University - Faculty of Law, 2014

Key criteria in appointment of arbitrators in international arbitration, Bazil Oglinda, Juridical Tribune Volume 5, Issue 2, http://www.tribunajuridica.eu/arhiva/anul5v2.html, 2015

The principle of confidentiality in arbitration. Application and limitations of the principle, Bazil Oglinda, Perspectives of Business Law Journal Volume 4, Issue 1, http://www.businesslawconference.ro/revista/articole/an4nr1/Art.%2010%20Bazil%20Oglinda%20, 2015

Bucharest Arbitration Days Conference, Bazil Oglinda, organizer, 2019

Big business and the Romanian State, Bazil Oglinda, speaker, 2022

Business Law in the 3rd Millennium Conference, Bazil Oglinda, speaker, 2021

Business Law in the 3rd Millennium Conference, Bazil Oglinda, speaker, 2017

ESCL International Conference, Bazil Oglinda, speaker, 2018

Perspectives of Construction Law RSCL International Conference, Bazil Oglinda, speaker, 2017

The constitution of the Arbitral Tribunal in a multi-party arbitration, Bazil Oglinda and Eugen Sarbu https://www.juridice.ro/465690/constituirea-tribunalului-arbitral-in-cazul-in-care-exista-trei-sau-mai-multe-parti.html, 2016

Arbitration in contruction contracts: party-appointed expert or tribunal-appointed expert?, Eugen Sarbu and Ana-Maria Damian, https://arenaconstruct.ro/arbitrajul-in-constructii-cum-e-mai-bine-experti-parte-sau-experti-numiti-de-tribunalul-arbitral/, 2020

The first Emergency Arbitrator in Romania, Simona Reithofer and Eugen Sarbu, https://www.hotnews.ro/stiri-specialisti_oglinda-22316467-prima-procedura-arbitru-urgenta-din-romania.htm, 2018

Construction disputes: new contracts, new rules, new solutions, Eugen Sarbu, https://www.hotnews.ro/stiri-specialisti_oglinda-22258833-disputele-constructii-contracte-noi-reguli-noi-solutii-noi.htm, 2018

Legal debate: Infrastructure – the civilization basis. Legal institutions in a fast reality, Cristina Olariu, https://dezbateri.juridice.ro/infrastructura-baza-civilizatiei-stabilimente-legale-intr-o-realitate-fugitiva, 2021

Constructions, Infrastructure and Transportation, Cristina Olariu, 2021 – the recovery year, https://mediauno.ro/2020/10/22/impreuna-protejam-romania-2021-anul-relansarii/, Bucharest, 2020

The User Guide of CICA-CCIR Arbitration Rules, Bazil Oglinda s.a., Wolters Kluwer Romania, 2020

Civil Law. The General Theory of Obligations, Bazil Oglinda, Universul Juridic Publishing House, 2021

Business Law. The General Theory. The Contract, Bazil Oglinda, Universul Juridic Publishing House, 2012

Civil Procedure Law. Laws applied in courts case-law. Models for different types of requests, Bazil Oglinda a.o., Universul Juridic Publishing House, 2005

Civil Procedure Law. Matters and law selected from the courts case-law, , Bazil Oglinda a.o., Cerna Publishing House, 200

Simulation in arbitral proceedings. The third party/interested party’ remedies for unfolding the prejudicial appearance, Bazil Oglinda, in In honorem Flavius Antoniu Baias, Appearance in Law, Hamangiu Publishing House, Bucharest, 2021

The arbitrator- an(other) judge of the Payment Injuction Procedure?, Bazil Oglinda, https://www.juridice.ro/707737/arbitrul-un-alt-judecator-al-ordonantei-de-plata.html, 2016

The plea of prematurity – a precocious exception, Bazil Oglinda, https://www.juridice.ro/692624/prematuritatea-o-exceptie-precoce.html, 2017

The prejudice caused by losing the chance, Bazil Oglinda, https://www.juridice.ro/466078/prejudiciul-rezultat-din-pierderea-unei-sanse.html, 2016

To be or not to be … DAB? (1), Bazil Oglinda, https://www.juridice.ro/435202/a-fi-sau-a-nu-fi-cad-dab-1.html, 2016

To be or not to be … DAB? (2), Bazil Oglinda, https://www.juridice.ro/437693/a-fi-sau-a-nu-fi-cad-dab-2.html, 2016

To be or not to be … DAB? (3), Bazil Oglinda, https://www.juridice.ro/440409/a-fi-sau-a-nu-fi-cad-dab-3.html, 2016

There is any protection for the third parties is the parties conclude a settlement contract?, Bazil Oglinda, https://www.juridice.ro/432500/sunt-tertii-creditori-protejati-in-cazul-in-care-partile-unui-litigiu-arbitral-incheie-o-tranzactie-in-dauna-lor.html, 2016

How to destroy a valid contract clause?, Bazil Oglinda, https://www.juridice.ro/426055/cum-poti-anihila-o-clauza-contractuala-valabila.html, 2016

How to destroy a valid contract clause? The second part, Bazil Oglinda, https://www.juridice.ro/429344/cum-poti-anihila-o-clauza-contractuala-valabila-partea-a-ii-a.html, 2016

What are the creditor’s possibilities when it comes clear the debtor wouldn’t pay on time?, Bazil Oglinda, https://www.juridice.ro/414588/ce-ar-putea-face-creditorul-cand-este-evident-ca-cealalta-parte-nu-isi-va-indeplini-la-timp-obligatiile.html, 2015

Challenging case-law situations regarding the Emergency Arbitrator, Bazil Oglinda, Revista Română De Arbitraj, nr. 1 din 2019

Online arbitration – a crisis solution for commercial disputes and beyond, Bazil Oglinda, 10th Edition of Business Law in the 3rd Millenium Perspectives International Conference, 2020

Considerations about the validity and operability of compromises clauses concluded by public entities in the view of the new civil procedure code and special regulation, Bazil Oglinda, http://rtsa.ro/rtsa/index.php/rtsa/article/viewFile/473/470, 2014

The risk transfer from seller to buyer in the New Civil Code, Bazil Oglinda, Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai Review, No. 2, 2015

Legal Act Conversion in Romanian Private Law, Bazil Oglinda, http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2604367, 2015

Unilateral termination of the contract, Bazil Oglinda, Curierul Judiciar Review, No. 4, 2015

Extension of the arbitral clause to non-signatories under the conditions of group of companies’ doctrine, Bazil Oglinda, Romanian Business Law Review, No. 10, 2015

Unusual clauses in the Romanian new Civil Regulation – a challenge for the case-law and doctrine, Bazil Oglinda, Pandectele Romane Review, No. 3, 2015

Written conclusions under Romanian new Civil procedure regulation, Bazil Oglinda a.o., Law Review, No. 7, 2015

The Debt Assumption in the New Romanian Civil Code, Bazil Oglinda, http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2509073, 2014

Error – Defect Affecting the Consent, Bazil Oglinda, http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2479805, 2014

Fraud in the Context of the New Romanian Civil Code. Special Aspects Fraud in Business Law, Bazil Oglinda, http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2481580, 2014

Types and Classification of Rescission, Bazil Oglinda, http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2486218, 2014

Particular aspects on lesion application in business law, Bazil Oglinda, Revista Dreptul, nr. 6 din 2014

Comparative analysis between international public order and national public order, Bazil Oglinda, Romanian Arbitration Review, No. 4, 2007

May a non-signatory of the arbitration agreement to be part in an arbitration?, Bazil Oglinda, http://www.juridice.ro/405222/poate-sta-intr-o-judecata-arbitrala-opersoana-care-nu-si-a-asumat-prin-semnare-conventia-de-arbitraj.html, 2015

Is the Arbitral Tribunal competent to judge extracontractual facts?, Bazil Oglinda, http://www.juridice.ro/407432/este-competent-tribunalul-arbitral-sa-judece-anumite-fapteextracontractuale.html, 2015

Remedies against passivity in international commercial arbitration, Bazil Oglinda, http://www.juridice.ro/411726/remedii-anti-pasivitate-in-arbitrajulcomercial-international-obligatia-creditorului-de-a-si-limita-prejudiciul.html, 2015

An interesting situation regarding reversing the burden of proof? Bazil Oglinda, http://www.juridice.ro/422677/o-situatie-interesanta-de-inversare-a-sarcinii-probei.html, 2016

As nothing (would have) happened: restoring the parties in the previous situation, Bazil Oglinda, http://dezbateri.juridice.ro/3792/ca-si-cum-nimic-nu-sar-fi-intamplat-repunerea-partilor-in-situatia-anterioara, 2015

Difficult problems in arbitration, Bazil Oglinda, organizator și speaker, Brandusa Stefanescu Conference, 2021

Legal debate: Bifurcation of arbitral procedure: When? How? Why would the parties use it?, Bazil Oglinda, moderator, https://video.juridice.ro/categorii/dezbateri/bifurcarea-procedurii-arbitrale-cand-cum-de-ce-ar-face-o-partile-cine-castiga-27-iunie-2022-editia-542/ , 2022

Big business and the Romanian State Conference: from theory to practice, Bazil Oglinda, speaker, 2022

The User Guide of CICA-CCIR Arbitration Rules Conference, Bazil Oglinda a.o., Wolters Kluwer Romania, 2020

Difficult problems in arbitration. New regulation in force, Bazil Oglinda, keynote speaker, Brandusa Stefanescu Conference, 2021

Business Law in the 3rd Millennium Conference, Bazil Oglinda, speaker, 2021

Business Law in the 3rd Millennium Conference, Bazil Oglinda, speaker, 2017

ESCL International Conference, Bazil Oglinda, speaker, 2018

RSCL International Conference Perspectives of Construction Law, Bazil Oglinda, speaker, 2017